CH-47A Design and Operational Flight Loads Study

Abstract

The adequacy of current structural design criteria for future cargo- and transport-type helicopters was evaluated based on the design, development, and operational use of the CH-47A Chinook helicopter. It is concluded that current structural design criteria are adequate to insure structural safety. Specifications for procurement of new helicopters should be modified to provide the most realistic mission description possible for fatigue design.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0772949

Entities

People

  • A. Herskovitz
  • H. Steinmann

Organizations

  • Boeing Rotorcraft Systems

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircrafts
  • Contracts
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Reduction
  • Design Criteria
  • Engineering
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Fatigue Life
  • Flight Loads
  • Helicopters
  • Level Flight
  • Mission Profiles
  • Observation
  • Pilots
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Standards

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design